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Data / Difficulty adjustments / Block 499,968
December 18, 2017. Difficulty rose by +17.74% to 1.87T from 1.59T.
| Change | +17.74% |
| New difficulty | 1.87T |
| Period length | 11.9 days |
| Network hashrate then (7-day) | 13.8 EH/s |
| Bitcoin price then | $18,286 |
| Hashprice then | $2,340/PH/day |
The 2,016 blocks before it took 11.9 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 17.74%: one of the largest adjustments on record. For every machine on the network that is a pay cut of the same size until the next retarget.
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